Thick-rimmed glasses. Thrift store threads. Sandals. iBooks. A gaggle of Emergent hippies have overtaken the campus. They can be spotted a hundred yards away. A cushy volunteer job manning the registration table this afternoon and I get to join them. I did register Brian McLaren. The Worship, Art, Liturgy and Preaching in the Emerging Culture conference lasts all week here.

I need sleep. That 6 a.m. flight Sunday out of Baltimore is still messing with me.

Experienced my first Catholic wedding over the weekend. Come to think of it, that’s the first time I’ve set foot in a Catholic church.